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The following is a list of the consular districts of the United States. Such districts are designated by the Secretary of State as per Section 312(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3952(c)). [1]
The first overseas consulate of the fledgling United States was founded in 1790 in Liverpool, Great Britain, by James Maury Jr., who was appointed by Washington. Maury held the post from 1790 to 1829. Liverpool was at the time Britain's leading port for transatlantic commerce and therefore of great economic importance to the United States.
This is a list of diplomatic missions in the United States. At present, 175 nations maintain diplomatic missions to the United States in the capital, Washington, D.C. Being the seat of the Organization of American States , the city also hosts missions of its member-states, separate from their respective embassies to the United States.
In a media note, the State Department’s Office of the Spokesperson said the secretary “immediately ordered a suspension of visa issuance at the U.S. Embassy Bogota consular section” in the ...
Consular Section 2536 Massachusetts Avenue Embassy Row [190] Iraq: Consular Section 3421 Massachusetts Avenue NW Embassy Row [191] Mexico: Consular Section 1250 23rd Street NW, Suite 002 West End [192] Morocco: Consular Section 1601 21st Street NW Dupont Circle [193] Peru: Consulate-General 1225 23rd Street NW West End [194] Philippines ...
In the United States for example, most countries have a consulate-general in New York City (the home of the United Nations), and some have consulates-general in other major cities. Consulates are subordinate posts of their home country's diplomatic mission (typically an embassy, in the capital city of the host country).
Consulate of Kazakhstan in Omsk, Russia Consulate of Russia in Mariehamn, Åland. A consulate is the office of a consul. A type of diplomatic mission, it is usually subordinate to the state's main representation in the capital of that foreign country (host state), usually an embassy (or, only between two Commonwealth countries, a high ...
In 1961, the Kobe consulate was elevated to the U.S. Consulate-General in Kobe. [3] In 1987, the consulate in Kobe was relocated to Osaka, initiating its operations as the Consulate-General of the United States in Osaka-Kobe. [4] On January 1, 1985, a bomb-related terrorist incident occurred in Chuo Ward, Kobe.